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Thats shocking, if not a bit confusing. Cooks is a huge addition, but is he really that much better than a late-first round WR most years?

To me, this shows that the Patriots are going WAYYY all-in on the next 1-2 years to wrap up Bradys career in style. A 1st and 3rd is probably worth more than Cooks but they would need time to develop, Cooks is a stud right now and ready to contribute immediately. Big deal for sure.

The more I think, the more I love the move. Cooks is like a poor man's Odell Beckham. He doesn't have the height but he has the speed to blow the top off of defenses. Way better deep threat than Hogan. If Brady's arms still have what it takes to throw deep, Cooks might be in for a 1300/13 type season.

Cooks goes deep, Gronk runs the intermediate routes, Edelman/Amendola go underneath, and White/Lewis catch in the backfield. This is a freakishly loaded offense.

Yeah, this is getting out of hand for the rest of the NFL. The Patriots are built/managed so brilliantly its downright unfair. They keep their safety leader Harmon, dump Logan Ryan, replace him with someone far better in Gilmour, lock down Allen Branch, and obviously Cooks.

The only questions left are Hightower and Butler. Butler is all rumors and conjecture as of now but is still heavily involved in trade talks with the Saints even after the Cooks deal. Clearly, this guy wants around 15m per year. His agent says "We're not asking for the moon from the Pats." Yeah, not the moon, just the heinous overpayment the Redskins gave Josh Norman, something like that I'm sure.

Butler simply isn't worth that, but someone will surely pay him that, so oh well. I wouldn't really mind if the Pats just overpaid him, but thats not their style. I think Butler/Gilmour could be an elite pairing.

Hightower is a more realistic need. If they can lock him down, regardless what happens with Butler, I'd feel very good about a repeat title.

Hard to place acquiring Cooks/Gilmour (With a few minor losses, a semi-big loss of Bennet and likely a biggest loss to come with Butler) above the offseason where they acquired Moss. To me, that move alone dwarfs everything the Pats have done this offseason.

In fairness though, this year there was no Randy Moss out there. So considering what was available, the Pats pulled off a remarkable offseason so far. Cooks came out of nowhere. You could've asked me to guess 1,000 things that might happen this offseason and I never would've guessed Cooks leaves the Saints, and I DEFINITELY wouldn't have guessed the Patriots would be the team to go after him. Very unlike the Pats.

Gilmour came out of nowhere as well, hard to believe Buffalo didn't do anything to trade him outside the division before this could happen.